The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the

Taipei City Government The Taipei City Government (TCG) is the municipal government of Taipei. History The Taihoku City Government was founded on 10 October 1920 in Taihoku Prefecture during Japanese colonial rule. The original city hall was located at the site o ...

and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...

, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...

: presidents

Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...

Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) whic ...

and

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from ...

have all held this position prior to being elected president.

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

was elevated as a

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from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994. The incumbent mayor is Chiang Wan-an.

Titles of the Mayor

List of Mayors

Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)

Provincial city era (appointed mayors)

Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)

Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)

Timeline

Electoral history

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2018

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2022

References

Bibliography

* {{The current heads of the local government in ROC (Taiwan) 1967 establishments in Taiwan